#BFBE48#BFBE48

#BFBE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.139 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE48
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -14.49, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 59.55, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0446 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.139 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0703, 48.3723, 13.3030)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE48 #4849BF

analogous

#BF8348 #BFBE48 #85BF48

triadic

#BFBE48 #48BFBE #BE48BF

tetradic

#BFBE48 #48BF83 #4849BF #BF4885

square

#BFBE48 #48BF83 #4849BF #BF4885

split-complementary

#BFBE48 #4885BF #8348BF

monochromatic

#686824 #969534 #BFBE48 #CFCE75 #DFDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BFBE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE48

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE48	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.139 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d180',
    500: '#bfbe48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe48;
$custom-light: #d5d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE48

secondary

#9798CC

accent

#51D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE48

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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